Fanqie catalogue
Books by 葛剑雄
- Matches
- 5
Fanqie books matched on the author's name.
-
A History of China's Population Development 中国人口发展史
This academic monograph on the development of China's population was written by the renowned scholar Professor Ge Jianxiong. As Ge Jianxiong puts it: “Just as citizens should know their country's history, Chinese citizens should understand the history of China's population development.” Drawing on an extensive review of historical sources, the book offers a detailed account of population trends in China over more than two thousand years, how the population changed and developed, and the reasons
94Reads8.7Score—Shelves
-
Three Thousand Years of China's Population 中国人口三千年
Throughout China's dynasties, population has always been a key factor shaping the course of Chinese history. It affected not only the size of armies, but also food production, tax revenue, and the number of corvee and other labor obligations: The policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, in effect since the Qin dynasty, may seem old-fashioned, but its purpose was to ensure population growth. One important reason the Tang dynasty was able to create a golden age so quickly was th
70Reads9.1Score—Shelves
-
What Makes China China? (Ge Jianxiong Collected Works, Vol. 8) 何以中国（葛剑雄文集⑧）
Where does China’s long history begin? How did Chinese civilization take root and flourish, enduring through the ages? How did the Chinese people grow and prosper, becoming the great family of 56 ethnic groups we see today? In dozens of recent essays, Professor Ge Jianxiong draws on his profound knowledge of history and unique insight into the present. He tells the story of Chinese civilization’s origins and development, from the oracle bones and bronze that carried the first glimmers of civiliz
62Reads8.4Score—Shelves
-
The Unchanging and the Ever-Changing: Ge Jianxiong on Chinese History 不变与万变：葛剑雄说国史
The long river of “change,” and the enduring China of “what never changes.” Historian and Fudan University senior professor Ge Jianxiong recounts the lifeblood and spirit of Chinese history, seeking its origins and course amid rises and falls, inheritance, and transformation. If we compare ancient China to a vast, intricately coordinated system like the human body, then land is its skeleton, people its flesh and blood, and the imperial court and politics its central nervous system. The long hist
38Reads9.3Score—Shelves
-
A History of China on the Land: The Past Hidden in Geography 大地上的中国史：藏在地理里的历史
How large were China’s territories under each successive dynasty? Why were administrative boundaries so irregular? Why were Chang’an and Beijing the capitals of the Han and Tang dynasties, and the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, respectively? Why did the population rise and fall so dramatically, time and again? Why are there only 56 ethnic groups today, when there were once more than 400? How did changes in the Yellow River’s course shape Chinese history? Why was the broad, placid Yangtze known
29Reads8.1Score—Shelves